One Africa Media CEO wins SA chapter of EY World Entrepreneur
One Africa Media (OAM) chief executive officer (CEO) Justin Clarke has won the emerging category…
Browsing: Southern Africa
African startup ecosystems don’t need fast broadband to compete
The Kenyan capital of Nairobi and other emerging cities in Africa are proof that the…
A new kind of tourism – VoiceMap brings local storytellers to your phone
VoiceMap chief executive officer (CEO) Iain Manley and business partner Lauren Edwards met last year…
Patented shopping bag carrier wins Startup Weekend Tshwane
Hercules Kgaphola emerged the winner from the first Startup Weekend event held in the City…
Mxit scaling down “non-core expenditure”, staff offered redundancies
South African mobile messaging app Mxit, which also has operations in Nigeria and India, has…
Gauteng’s Awethu Project in partnerships to incubate, fund entrepreneurs
Gauteng-based for-profit social business the Awethu Project is utilising partnerships with South Africa’s Jobs Fund…
SA Florist earns $270k funding on Dragons’ Den SA
Cape Town-based flowers marketplace SA Florist last night won ZAR3 million (US$270,000) in funding from…
SA app Trender debuts on Apple App Store
South African social mobile app Trender has launched on the Apple App Store for the…
Project codeX looking to bridge Africa’s developer skills gap
Cape Town-based Project codeX is bidding to tackle the chronic lack of trained developers in…
Green Pioneer accelerator receives 249 applications
The Green Pioneer Accelerator, aimed at green entrepreneurs looking to scale their innovations, received 249…